Improvement in boxes and cans for oils and paints



H. B. EVEREST & A. P. ROSS.

Improvement in Boxes and Cans for Oils and Paints.

No. 132,955 Patented Nov.12,1872.

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7? WW W E I xiv/1% HIRAM B. EVEREST AND AUSTIN P. ROSS, (CAROLINE E. ROSS EXECUTRIX OF A. P. ROSS, DECEASED,) OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK; SAID EVEREST AND CAROLINE E. ROSS ASSIGNORS TO THE VACUUM OIL COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEENT IN BOXES AND CANS FOR OILS AND PAINTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,955, dated November 12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HIEAE B. EvEEEsT and AUSTIN P. Ross, both of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a certain Improvement in Transportation Cans and Boxes for Oils and other Liquids, of which the following is a specification:

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Our inventionconsists of a package for oilcans and other liquid receptacles, so arranged as to be closed compactly and securely fastened for transportation, and capable of being ele- 4 vated in standards or supports forming a part of the package, so as to be turned on an axis for pouring the liquid contained therein.

General Description.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the package as secured for transportation or storage; Fig. 2, a similar view of the same reversed or in position for pouring the contents from the can.

In handling or conveying oils, spirits, acids, 8:0 it has been customary to incase the cans or receptacles in wood boxes, which are secured fast and made tight by nailing or otherwise. Such packages answer the purpose of a cover or envelope only, and in pouring the contents the can or receptacle has to be removed from the box, which is of no further use.

As an improvement upon this plan our invention consists in making the box answer the additional purpose of a swinging support to the can bycombining therewith arms or standards, or by arran gin git in some analogous way, so that the box containing the can can turn upon pivots, thereby allowing theliquid to be poured without removing the can from the box.

A represents the oil-can or other receptacle, which is fitted closely within the box B, being secured, if necessary, by one or more crosscleats, a, which prevent any end movement. The box is fitted with a cover or lid, 0, which shuts over its top. This cover has arms D D on two opposite sides, which extend downward a suitable distance, and in these arms are cut slots b b, through which pass screws or rivets c 0, attached to the sides of the box. Near the lower end the slots are made curved, as shown at b N, and at the extremity are offsets 1) b into which the screws 0 c strike when the cover is reversed, as shown in Fig. 2, thus forming bearings for the box-pivots. Instead of these arms and slots. any analogous means may be used for accomplishing the same effeet, which is simply to allow the cover to be raised from the box and turned around under it to form a support, in which the box may turn or swing.

When closed for transportation or storage, as in Fig. 1, the cover fits down closely over the top of the box and is held stationary by means of screws d d, which may be either inserted through the offset bearings b b of the slots or through the arms at any other point, or they may be inserted through the cover itself into the box.

When adjusted for pouring the liquid, as in Fig. 2, the screws 0 0, resting in the offset bearings b I), simply support the box in an elevated position, so that it swings upon the screws as an axis; and in turning forward, as indicated by the arrow, the liquid can be discharged from the nozzle without removing the can.

This arrangement, as described, gives an additional function to the inclosing box, and renders it a convenient device for ordinary uses, as well as a cover for the safe transportation of oils and all other liquids where care is required. The cost is but slightly enhanced, while the value and use of the article are greatly increased.

.The usual cap or cover f is made to the can or receptacle, and in addition to this we employ a discharge-nozzle, g, which stands at an incline in the direction of movement of the box in turning, so as to pour the contents in the proper direction. The cap f and. also the cap a of the discharge-nozzle are threaded, and screw upon their nipples in the usual manner. To make them tight we employ a packing, k, of cork or equivalent material, with an outer disk, m, of tin-foil or rubber, which rest within the cap and pack against the end of the nipple, thereby making a close joint. This is essential in oils, spirits, acids, 800., which have a great tendency to evaporate and escape by leakage.

Itis evident that, instead of making the cover reversible to form the support for the box, a base-board might be used, forming an attachment to the box, and having standards, arms, or equivalent supports, in which the box might be raised to a swinging position. For carboys of acids this last-named form would be preferable.

We do not claim a crane or apparatus for elevating and pouring boxed liquids, which is separate and detached from the box, as we are aware that the same has before been known but We claim 1. In combination with apackage orbox for inclosing an oil-can or other liquid receptacle, a cover or base board provided with arms or standards D D, which are connected with the box, and serve as bearings or supports in swinging the box for emptying the can, substantially as described.

2. The cover or base-board 0 connected with a box, B, by means of standards D D,

which serve as bearings for the journals of the 

